Development Intern, Business & Legal Affairs

Paid Intern, Blumhouse – Business & Legal Affairs Overview: Blumhouse is seeking interns to support our Business & Legal Affairs department for Spring 2027 from January 19 – May 14, 2027. You will have the exciting opportunity to gain familiarity and learn the daily workflow of in-house counsel, providing production business affairs with various legal support duties set forth below. In this role you will be exposed to the day-to-day responsibilities of a busy business and legal affairs department, and gain valuable experience in how to effectively communicate cross-departmentally and maintain both internal and external relationships. Compensation: $18.50/hour (part time) and school credit available Qualifications: • LA-based. • Internships are available to students who will be enrolled in a JD/LLM program in Spring 2027. • You must be available to intern part-time 15 to 20 hours per week. • Internship will be in person in the Koreatown office • Prefer in-house entertainment business/legal affairs or entertainment law firm experience, with a desire to work in film & television production, but not required. • Ability to work collaboratively on cross-functional teams. Responsibilities: • Learning business practices and identifying legal issues relevant to entertainment law, including IP ownership, entertainment litigation, union/guild requirements, and employment concerns; • Researching and analyzing IP issues connected with ownership of rights and chain of title, including copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, privacy, and AI issues; • Assisting and supporting film production legal in preparing and submitting legal deliverables to distributors, such as credit statement obligations, paid ads requirements, publicity service obligations, and so forth; • Analyzing, negotiating, structuring and drafting day-to-day production legal paperwork, including certificates of engagement, waivers and releases, contract deal summaries, and talent agreements; • Supporting a wide variety of entertainment-related legal matters in connection with the development, production, and distribution of the company’s film slate.